A characteristically forthright letter from John Marjoram to the Stroud News and Journal. The journal published his letter but left out John’s comments about the Polish MEP! But you can read it here in full.
“Dear Sue,
Can I first thank your paper for highlighting the event of four politicians from different parties signing a card (which already had many signatures coming from “Churches Together”) committing those parties to take more action on climate change. It was interesting but predictable that there was one party who hadn’t responded to the invitation-namely UKIP.
Regrettably it is indicative of many far right wing parties right across the world, who are climate change deniers. This is in the face of actual destruction and erratic weather patterns now happening everywhere at an alarming rate. Perhaps it puts their rational for denial into context, as in, “if we don’t believe it won’t happen”? Then we will not have to face up to millions of environmental immigrants coming here as their own lands are untenable to produce food.
Historically I have always been cautious about calling UKIP a far right party; however a person who has just joined their European group throws that into question? Two weeks ago the “Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy”(EFDD) group which includes UKIP risked collapse after a Latvian female MEP left the group. Each European faction must have at least seven EU states to make them viable and funded from the EU. Reports came that Farage was panicking as funds would dry up if they could not get their numbers. However a certain Polish MEP, Robert Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz came to the rescue. Farage was then quoted as saying the EDDF was “back in business”.
However when the Wroclaw Gazette once questioned this savior of EFDD about wife beating, Mr Iwaskiewicz was “convinced” that beating would “help bring many wives back to earth.” However he did say he didn’t beat his own wife!? Further, the Polish Party he belongs to believe that Hitler didn’t know the Holocaust was going on!
Perhaps people who are thinking of voting UKIP should first find out who their bedfellows are?”
John Marjoram Green Party District Councillor